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Eugen Rochko

I was asked to do a video interview, but in the end they couldn't send a crew to where I live. I know the interview would be good for Mastodon, but I am so relieved I don't have to do it πŸ˜…

Eugen Rochko

Mastodon for Android has been installed over 32K times! Still only 400 ratings though. Please don't forget to rate the app!

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xavives

@Gargron is the app open source? Would appreciate to see it in F-droid :) I am using Tusky at the moment as it is there

Roh πŸ‘»

@Gargron i'm coming back to tusky, the federated timeline is not there. And the explore tab show nothing amd just 404 not found. I'm on small server

Eugen Rochko

New iOS app release is waiting for Apple review! It adds a community timeline and fixes sign-up errors not being shown and servers being listed in the wrong order during onboarding.

Eugen Rochko

I am trying out some changes to the Explore tab here on mastodon.social. Only one post per author will now be displayed, allowing more different authors to be seen. I've also tweaked how quickly those posts fall off.

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Vincent van Duijnhoven

@Gargron my explore > posts and news tab is always empty. Did i miss a setting?

Thomas Schindler

@Gargron That seems a good decision to me. Bonus question: The local timeline is empty on the web and in mobile clients. Is this just for me or a general thing on our instance? Thanks for your great work!

Ombra πŸ”΅πŸŒ»

@Gargron News is empty for me, would be great to see more there.

Eugen Rochko

If you created your account a long time ago, you may be seeing Mastodon's advanced web interface (multiple columns). That interface has not been the default for years now. You can control which one you see from Preferences.

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Rich (RJ)

@gargron Is this instance specific? I can only get Home, Notifications and one more on the one I'm on, event with 'Advanced' turned on.

Andrew Meier

@Gargron I loved when I saw this when it first showed up. Keep hoping to see it in the iPadOS version along with better keyboard support. If I could code I’d totally attempt to add it.

In other news thanks for all the hardwork, I appreciate the ability to come back to see it’s still running and additional features/active development. Of course thanks to the the whole team & all the instance admins.

Eugen Rochko

#MoonKnight is trending for a good reason! That episode was fucking great

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Christian Mutig πŸ‘»πŸš«

@Gargron Oh, I agree. Another incredible Marvel Studios project who have yet to have a misfire from one of their TV shows. Already looking forward to Ms. Marvel in June.

mamacrow

@Gargron I was NOT prepared
😭😭😭

Dave Collins

@Gargron I caught up with two episodes and then it stops on that cliff hanger! Why…… :cwy:

Eugen Rochko

Mastodon's monthly active user numbers have risen by 84,579 since the Twitter buyout story broke on Monday (and I do mean across the Mastodon network, not this server)

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Pedro Machado Santa

@Gargron I already knew about @Mastodon, which I always found interesting. The Elon buyout was the push I needed to join actually.

harropj

@Gargron I mean… it’s why I’m here.

Eugen Rochko

Good morning friends, this server is once again suffering under a heavy load of traffic and I am once again working on making it work better. Please be patient :tiredcat:

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Astrid Sawatzky

@Gargron I hope once things for you are running smoothly again you find the time to write about this tech journey what you did and what you learned.

Eugen Rochko

Now would be the prime time for any Mastodon admins with servers capable of accepting new users and scaling up to submit them to joinmastodon.org

More info: joinmastodon.org/covenant Shoot me an e-mail at hello@joinmastodon.org

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Arcaik

@Gargron So, I don’t have the time or energy to host a server for other people (outside of my family/friend circle), but I’m wondering: as a simple user, would it better technically if I hosted my own server (with only me on it)?

I’m not asking ideologically speaking, but on a technical level.

Does load actually decrease for each individual instances if users spread out?

smeg

@Gargron What does the 'daily backup' entail? My server backs up the database hourly and copies it off-server, but the entire server only backs up weekly (due to the size of data involved). My instance has been running since 2017.

Soh Kam Yung

@Gargron Link is giving me a 404 Page Not Found.

Eugen Rochko

I am continuing to work on scaling up mastodon.social and mastodon.online to handle the traffic and I've got @Nigma to help answer inqueries over on Twitter

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Technical Issues

@Gargron @Nigma I’m happy to help too if there’s anything y’all need.

stavpup

@Gargron @Nigma the new mastodon app is looking good. Can we have telegram-style emoji?

Bourbonaut

@Gargron @Nigma why can I log on via the web but not the app? I have reset the password but still not working.

Eugen Rochko

Hi! mastodon.social is being slow right now, as far as I can tell because there's twice as many people using it at the same time as ever have; I'm working on making it go fast again, but in the meantime, do remember to invite people to joinmastodon.org instead of directly to mastodon.social. People don't have to be on the same server to follow you! Thanks!

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infolalies

@Gargron
traduction fr
Bonjour ! mastodon.social est lent en ce moment, d'aprΓ¨s ce que je peux dire parce qu'il y a deux fois plus de personnes qui l'utilisent en mΓͺme temps que par le passΓ© ; je travaille Γ  le rendre plus rapide Γ  nouveau, mais en attendant, n'oubliez pas d'inviter les gens Γ  joinmastodon.org plutΓ΄t que directement Γ  mastodon.social. Les gens n'ont pas besoin d'Γͺtre sur le mΓͺme serveur pour vous suivre ! Merci !

Hogata

@Gargron
Thank you for your effort and for having us!

Eugen Rochko

I remember one of the things that motivated me to look into the state of decentralized social media (and ultimately begin working on Mastodon) in 2016 were talks that a controversial billionaire might buy Twitter.

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Christian Kramp

@Gargron Maybe I should revive my idea to do a similar approach for Facebook. You have done a great job here. Very inspiring.

Eugen Rochko

Getting the official Mastodon apps out there was a massive undertaking. More than a year of ongoing design and development, and biggest team that we've ever had. Seeing how talented people bring your vision to life is honestly a real treat.

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Mr. Scott Aron John Reynolds

@Gargron ,Still Personally Struggling To Sign Via App For Android :/ :(

Just Signed Up Late Yesterday Afternoon/Evening :)

Seem To Only Able To Sign Up Via Direct Websites :/ :)

Great Website & Looking For It To Grow More, Now #ElonMusk Just Bought #Twitter :/ :( 😞

Rubbish? 🦝

@Gargron Devy is such a wholesome performer, I saw him just before COVID and it was easily one of the most memorable nights of my life

Eugen Rochko

I've updated this page with more information related to submitting your Mastodon server to joinmastodon.org (and it is now linked from the main page)

joinmastodon.org/covenant

πŸ•‰

@Gargron will you add servers with active modaration against lgbt propoganda and radical sjw and feminism?

rot13maxi

@Gargron does this policy apply only to servers being linked from the picker page or alsod to servers that mastadon.social will federate to?

Eugen Rochko

I got asked about this by somebody from WIRED so I got some numbers together. I believe that Mastodon servers have gained around 49,000 new people since March. Our iOS app downloads rose by 109%. On mastodon.social, I am seeing a 71% increase in sign-ups and 36% increase in monthly active users as people are coming back to their old accounts.

Eugen Rochko

New iOS release of our app brings the explore tab there too!

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Tarboush

@Gargron its not clear how can I join/leave a community? 😩

Skylar

@Gargron What's the difference between the explore tab and local/federated timelines?

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